Mother Tongues

A project in Burlington, VT by Tim Brookes
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I'm creating a carving in indigenous languages for International Mother Language Day and shipping it to Bangladesh for display
Backers: 37
Average Pledge Per Backer: $49

Funded: $1,802 of $1,000
Dates: Feb 2nd -> Feb 12th (10 days)
Project By: Tim Brookes
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Latest News

Half an hour to go, and look what's happening!

February 12th - via: kickstarter.com
Last-minute heartfelt thanks to Candace Uhlmeyer and Mono Lely for pushing us ever closer to that figure of $2,000....  (Read More)

Many, many thanks

February 12th - via: kickstarter.com
As the last few hours of this campaign tick away and the last pledges sneak in through the closing door, I’d like to give heartfelt thanks to everyone who has contributed, old friends and new: Michael and Liz, Pete the Spy, Kim Wilson, James... (Read More)

Only 12 hours to go!

February 12th - via: kickstarter.com
Only 12 hours to go in our Mother Tongues Kickstarter! Please join in the final push to get us to $2,000. The Mother Tongue carving is done and en route to Bangladesh, the International Mother Languages Day poster (see image) is designed and ready,... (Read More)

The Mother Tongues Poster--designed!

February 8th - via: kickstarter.com
The Mother Tongues poster, based on my carving for Bangladesh, designed by Alec Julien  Thanks to overtime and great skill by the multi-talented Alec Julien, our International Mother Languages Day poster is ready! He has designed it at 11"x17" so... (Read More)

Steady progress

February 6th - via: kickstarter.com
Since we passed the initial goal of $1,000, you've been adding pledges at the average rate of about $200+ a day. If we can continue at that rate, we'll reach nearly $3,000--a fantastic platform for future projects. Meanwhile, the Mother Tongue... (Read More)

What you have accomplished already

February 4th - via: kickstarter.com
We've been going about 36 hours, and here's what the pledges you've made have already helped to pay for: * materials, including a lovely piece of wide cherry, full of color and character, for the Mother Tongue carving; * cost of high-quality,... (Read More)

Maintaining momentum for future projects

February 3rd - via: kickstarter.com
Thanks to an avalanche of support from friends old and new, we're on the verge of meeting our goal in barely 24 hours. But this campaign has left me thinking what a great platform this is for setting up future projects.  If we could reach, say,... (Read More)

New reward!

February 3rd - via: kickstarter.com
The initial J in sixteenth-century secretary hand. Endangered monograms--in Cham Thanks to a suggestion by Heather Pristash, a longtime supporter of the Endangered Alphabets, I'm adding a new reward--a single carved letter, monogram, or character of... (Read More)

Wow.

February 3rd - via: kickstarter.com
Of all the Kickstarters I've created or helped with, none has got off to such a fast start, or attracted such a large average donation. To me this is a sign of how much you believe in and value the purpose of what the Endangered Alphabets are trying... (Read More)

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